Food · Old El Paso
Old El Paso Taco Seasoning
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Weak nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 g
Weak nutrition and a factory recipe. Fine as a rare treat — not as a habit.
Worse than 8 in 10 packs in Condiments. The swap is on this aisle.
Council note
Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. The colour (Tartrazine) is cosmetic, not food. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Worse than 8 in 10 packs in Condiments. The swap is on this aisle.
Watch-outs
Artificial colour
Tartrazine
The pack
Weak nutrition and a factory recipe. Fine as a rare treat — not as a habit.
How often
Rarely
Who it’s for
Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.
Skip if
It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.
- A weak nutrition box cannot be rated Good
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- A weak nutrition box
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Weak
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
2 additives
Planet
Mixed footprint · 52/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Some good signs, some industrial ones. Not the heaviest in the aisle.
No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.
Why this number
Weak nutrition and a factory recipe. Fine as a rare treat — not as a habit.
Poor · 35/100 · nutrition weak
- Nutrition quality24/100
- Ingredients81/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
What pulled it down
A weak nutrition box cannot be rated Good
Sugars, salt or saturated fat dominate this box. Poor at best — a treat, not a habit.
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.
A weak nutrition box
About 2 teaspoons of sugar in 100 g. Salt is high. Fibre is a genuine plus. Sugars, salt or saturated fat dominate.
Ultra-processed
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.
Monosodium glutamate
-5Flavour enhancer. Safe for most; a subset reports sensitivity.
Tartrazine
-14Azo dye linked to hyperactivity in sensitive children. EFSA ADI 7.5 mg/kg.
Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score
Nutrition · per 100 g
| Energy | 1260 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 8 gMedium A little sugar — about 2 teaspoons in 100 g. |
| Saturated fat | 0 gLow |
| Salt | 8 gHigh Salty. Easy to overshoot a day’s worth if this is a habit. |
| Fibre | 8 g |
| Protein | 8 g |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Chili pepper, salt, maltodextrin, spices, corn starch, onion, MSG, yellow 5.
TartrazineE102
−14Linked to restlessness in some children. You don’t need yellow food to be yellow.
Extra care for children
Monosodium glutamateE621
−5Safe for most. A few people report a reaction; most do not.
Salt
No concernThe nutrition box already scores it. A pinch in cooking is not a packet of noodles.
Spice extract
No concernUsually fine. Celery extracts can matter for celery allergy.
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